Formed in 2013, this is an expat specimen fishing group based in Stockholm, Sweden. Many of those taken part have been fishing for some years together now and it's time for a fresh challenge, namely, specimen coarse fish. Join us as it all unfolds..

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

1.41 Kilo, a lovely Tench late on the evening on float fished maggot....

1.13Kilo, this fish came almost straight away..

Spent the evening Tench fishing at Dammtorp with Ed, whilst Karl dropped out to get his face into a photo before heading off.
We were using float tackle, standard wagglers, I used maggot as bait while Ed opted for gilthead worms and a grain of sweetcorn. We grounbaited with a litle sweetcorn as well as loose maggots and I had a bite immediatel. A small Rudd! Then another bite. Another small Rudd! Then another bite..
I was expecting a Rudd but the fish pulled back far to hard and started to fight in a manner that meant only one thing, Tench. After a good scrap on light line Ed slipped the net under her and I had my first Dammtorp Tench of 1.13kilo. Took a photo and slipped her back and fished on. It was three hours later before any action, despite Tench bubbling in the swim occasionally. I eventually loose fed some maggots with th catapult, soon fizzing bubbles began to rise to the surface and after what seemed an age the fish had followed the trail into my swim. Bubbles were all around the float for a few minutes before the fish took my bait and the float lifted upwards. This fish almost did not know it was hooked and practically swam into the net for me before going ballistic! The fish was a cracking deep specimen of 1.41kilo, nice. Ed then had a reasonable Rudd, before frustratingly lossing a Tench before we packed up in fading light...

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Fantasy Fishing League History.

The League was started in 2006 between a group of workmates here in Stockholm. Although everyone involved really, really wants to catch the biggest fish, it's only a bit of fun and none of us take it too seriously, honest...It is however important to note that giving each other a hard time is considered neccesary, blank days are the fault of those who fail to catch and that the tears that come when it all goes horribly wrong, when it occurs, are to be encouraged and enjoyed by all in the name of sportsmanship...